The rehabilitation nurse describes a patient who is blind, works full time as a Spanish interpreter, and lives with his wife in a downtown apartment. How should the nurse classify this person?
a. Impaired
b. Disabled
c. Handicapped
d. Dependent
A
The blindness is an impairment of vision that does not inhibit the patient from performing his job or enjoying a normal life.
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